Guest Experience Expert

Role summary

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The Guest Experience Expert welcomes guests, supports check-in and check-out, responds to requests, provides local information, handles concerns, and helps create a smooth and memorable stay. Candidates should have strong communication and customer-service skills, a professional appearance, basic computer ability, and good spoken English. Previous experience in hotel front office, guest relations, or hospitality is preferred, although motivated candidates with relevant service experience may be considered. The role requires flexibility for rotating shifts, weekends, and public holidays. The successful candidate is expected to be warm, attentive, culturally aware, calm under pressure, and confident working with international guests and different hotel departments.

About the employer

Sthala, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel, Ubud Bali is a Marriott-affiliated resort located in the lush countryside of Ubud, surrounded by tropical scenery and Balinese culture. The hotel combines contemporary accommodation with local character, offering rooms, villas, restaurants, wellness facilities, meeting spaces, and activities inspired by the area’s natural and cultural heritage. As part of Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio, Sthala operates with an independent, distinctive identity while benefiting from Marriott’s international standards, training, systems, and loyalty network. The property serves leisure travelers, couples, families, groups, and guests seeking a peaceful alternative to Bali’s busier coastal destinations. Employees are expected to provide attentive Indonesian hospitality, maintain professional service standards, and work collaboratively across departments to create personalized guest experiences.

Working in Indonesia

Bali offers strong opportunities in hotels, resorts, restaurants, wellness, tourism, events, transport, and digital or creative work. Ubud is known for art, temples, yoga, nature, and a relaxed community atmosphere, while areas such as Seminyak, Canggu, Nusa Dua, and Sanur have larger tourism and hospitality markets. Daily life can be affordable outside the busiest tourist zones, with scooters, online transport, local food, beaches, ceremonies, and a warm tropical climate shaping the lifestyle. Balinese culture places great importance on family, religion, respect, and community participation, so newcomers should dress modestly at temples and be considerate during ceremonies. Foreign nationals generally need an appropriate work visa or work permit sponsored by an employer; working on a tourist visa is not permitted. Candidates should confirm visa sponsorship, accommodation, insurance, salary, and service-charge arrangements before relocating.